Synergies between local and climate-driven impacts on coral reefs in the Tropical Pacific: A review of issues and adaptation opportunities

Mass mortality in a Marine Educational Area on a remote South Pacific Atoll

(2020) David Lecchini et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ocean acidification does not impair the behaviour of coral reef fishes

(2020) Timothy D. Clark et al.   NATURE

Thresholds in seascape connectivity: the spatial arrangement of nursery habitats structure fish communities on nearby reefs

(2020) C. Berkström et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Severe coral loss shifts energetic dynamics on a coral reef

(2020) Renato A. Morais et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Presence of microplastics in water, sediments and fish species in an urban coastal environment of Fiji, a Pacific small island developing state

(2020) Marta Ferreira et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Fish farm effluents alter reef benthic assemblages and reduce coral settlement

(2020) Timothy Joseph R. Quimpo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Working with indigenous, local and scientific knowledge in assessments of nature and nature’s linkages with people

(2020) Rosemary Hill et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Seagrass habitat in Tarawa Lagoon, Kiribati: Service benefits and links to national priority issues

(2020) G. Brodie et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Determination and comparison of selected heavy metal concentrations in seawater and sediment samples in the coastal area of Suva, Fiji

(2020) Joachim Emeka Arikibe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in subsurface coastal waters along the southern coast of Viti Levu in Fiji, South Pacific

(2020) Jasha Dehm et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Knowledge gaps in ecotoxicology studies of marine environments in Pacific Island Countries and Territories – A systematic review

(2020) Rufino Varea et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Community-based adaptation to climate change in villages of Western Province, Solomon Islands

(2020) Britt Basel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Best‐practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land‐clearing

(2020) Amelia S. Wenger et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit: A tool developed in the Pacific to inform community-based marine resource management

(2020) Johanna E. Johnson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

How fast are the oceans warming?

(2019) Lijing Cheng et al.   SCIENCE

Rebuilding coral reefs: success (and failure) 16 years after low‐cost, low‐tech restoration

(2019) Helen E. Fox et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Using naturally occurring climate resilient corals to construct bleaching-resistant nurseries

(2019) Megan K. Morikawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Successive bleaching events cause mass coral mortality in Guam, Micronesia

(2019) L. J. Raymundo et al.   CORAL REEFS

Coastal proximity of populations in 22 Pacific Island Countries and Territories

(2019) Neil L. Andrew et al.   PLoS One

Coral reef restoration in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: Feasibility of the coral nursery approach

(2019) Jun Ishida-Castañeda et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Temperature patterns and mechanisms influencing coral bleaching during the 2016 El Niño

(2019) Tim R. McClanahan et al.   Nature Climate Change

Regulatory implications of coral reef restoration and adaptation under a changing climate

(2019) Pedro Fidelman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Coral restoration research and technical developments: what we have learned so far

(2019) Makoto Omori   Marine Biology Research

Policy options to achieve culturally-aware and environmentally-sustainable tourism in Fiji

(2019) Emmanouil Tyllianakis et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Communicating marine climate change impacts in the Caribbean and Pacific regions

(2019) Bryony L Townhill et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Are we sacrificing the future of coral reefs on the altar of the “climate change” narrative?

(2019) Avigdor Abelson   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Responses of reef building corals to microplastic exposure

(2018) Jessica Reichert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Living at the margins – The response of deep-water seagrasses to light and temperature renders them susceptible to acute impacts

(2018) Kathryn M. Chartrand et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Ocean acidification alters early successional coral reef communities and their rates of community metabolism

(2018) Sam H. C. Noonan et al.   PLoS One

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

(2018) Joleah B. Lamb et al.   SCIENCE

Patterns of island change and persistence offer alternate adaptation pathways for atoll nations

(2018) Paul S. Kench et al.   Nature Communications

Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level

(2018) Chris T. Perry et al.   NATURE

Mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2017

(2018)   NATURE

A Review of Water Quality Responses to Air Temperature and Precipitation Changes 2: Nutrients, Algal Blooms, Sediment, Pathogens

(2018) Rory Coffey et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

Optimizing industrial-scale coral reef restoration: comparing harvesting wild coral spawn slicks and transplanting gravid adult colonies

(2018) Christopher Doropoulos et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Winners and losers as mangrove, coral and seagrass ecosystems respond to sea-level rise in Solomon Islands

(2017) Simon Albert et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The Gulf of Carpentaria heated Torres Strait and the Northern Great Barrier Reef during the 2016 mass coral bleaching event

(2017) E. Wolanski et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Shoreline changes in reef islands of the Central Pacific: Takapoto Atoll, Northern Tuamotu, French Polynesia

(2017) Virginie K.E. Duvat et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

ENSO Weather and Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

(2017) Hamish McGowan et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Bleaching events regulate shifts from corals to excavating sponges in algae-dominated reefs

(2017) Andia Chaves-Fonnegra et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Recovery of a Tropical Marine Mollusk Fishery: A Transdisciplinary Community-Based Approach in Navakavu, Fiji

(2017) Baravi Thaman et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY

Large-scale dieback of mangroves in Australia

(2017) Norman C. Duke et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Excess seawater nutrients, enlarged algal symbiont densities and bleaching sensitive reef locations: 2. A regional-scale predictive model for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

(2017) Scott A. Wooldridge et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Impact of an experimental eutrophication on the processes of bioerosion on the reef: One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

(2017) Veronique Chazottes et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Indirect effects of ocean acidification drive feeding and growth of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci

(2017) Pamela Z. Kamya et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Heading for the hills: climate-driven community relocations in the Solomon Islands and Alaska provide insight for a 1.5 °C future

(2017) Simon Albert et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Weaving knowledge systems in IPBES, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability

(2017) Maria Tengö et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Coral bleaching pathways under the control of regional temperature variability

(2017) C. E. Langlais et al.   Nature Climate Change

The Recovery of a Tropical Marine Mollusk Fishery: A Transdisciplinary Community-Based Approach in Navakavu, Fiji

(2017) Baravi Thaman et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY

Future Reef Growth Can Mitigate Physical Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Atoll Islands

(2017) Edward Beetham et al.   Earths Future

New interventions are needed to save coral reefs

(2017) Ken Anthony et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Small Marine Protected Areas in Fiji Provide Refuge for Reef Fish Assemblages, Feeding Groups, and Corals

(2017) Roberta M. Bonaldo et al.   PLoS One

Tracing the influence of land-use change on water quality and coral reefs using a Bayesian model

(2017) Christopher J. Brown et al.   Scientific Reports

Near-future ocean acidification enhances the feeding rate and development of the herbivorous juveniles of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci

(2016) Pamela Z. Kamya et al.   CORAL REEFS

Long-term isolation and local adaptation in Palau’s Nikko Bay help corals thrive in acidic waters

(2016) Yimnang Golbuu et al.   CORAL REEFS

Paternal identity influences response of Acanthaster planci embryos to ocean acidification and warming

(2016) Kate M. Sparks et al.   CORAL REEFS

Integrated approach to understanding the onset and pathogenesis of black band disease in corals

(2016) Yui Sato et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Values, rules and knowledge: Adaptation as change in the decision context

(2016) Russell Gorddard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Spatiotemporal modelling of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef to inform control strategies

(2016) Jarno Vanhatalo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Mine waste disposal leads to lower coral cover, reduced species richness and a predominance of simple coral growth forms on a fringing coral reef in Papua New Guinea

(2016) M.D.E. Haywood et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Enhanced macroboring and depressed calcification drive net dissolution at high-CO2coral reefs

(2016) Ian C. Enochs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Planning adaptation to climate change in fast-warming marine regions with seafood-dependent coastal communities

(2016) Alistair J. Hobday et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Coral reefs chronically exposed to river sediment plumes in the southwestern Caribbean: Rosario Islands, Colombia

(2016) Juan D. Restrepo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Prioritising Mangrove Ecosystem Services Results in Spatially Variable Management Priorities

(2016) Scott C. Atkinson et al.   PLoS One

The Power of Three: Coral Reefs, Seagrasses and Mangroves Protect Coastal Regions and Increase Their Resilience

(2016) Greg Guannel et al.   PLoS One

Local-scale projections of coral reef futures and implications of the Paris Agreement

(2016) Ruben van Hooidonk et al.   Scientific Reports

Supporting Local and Traditional Knowledge with Science for Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons Learned from Participatory Three-Dimensional Modeling in BoeBoe, Solomon Islands

(2015) Javier X. Leon et al.   COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Resilience of coral calcification to extreme temperature variations in the Kimberley region, northwest Australia

(2015) S. S. Dandan et al.   CORAL REEFS

Tectonic subsidence provides insight into possible coral reef futures under rapid sea-level rise

(2015) Megan I. Saunders et al.   CORAL REEFS

High levels of inorganic nutrients affect fertilization kinetics, early development and settlement of the scleractinian coral Platygyra acuta

(2015) E. K. Y. Lam et al.   CORAL REEFS

Coral macrobioerosion is accelerated by ocean acidification and nutrients

(2015) Thomas M. DeCarlo et al.   GEOLOGY

The impact of ENSO on coral heat stress in the western equatorial Pacific

(2015) Joan A. Kleypas et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Comparative biogeochemistry–ecosystem–human interactions on dynamic continental margins

(2015) Lisa A. Levin et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Microplastic ingestion by scleractinian corals

(2015) N. M. Hall et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Effects of simulated eutrophication and overfishing on algae and invertebrate settlement in a coral reef of Koh Phangan, Gulf of Thailand

(2015) Ines Stuhldreier et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Tracking the origins of plastic debris across the Coral Sea: A case study from the Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia

(2015) Christophe Maes et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Thermal biases and vulnerability to warming in the world’s marine fauna

(2015) Rick D. Stuart-Smith et al.   NATURE

Building coral reef resilience through assisted evolution

(2015) Madeleine J. H. van Oppen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios

(2015) J.- P. Gattuso et al.   SCIENCE

Coral reef response to Quaternary sea-level and environmental changes: State of the science

(2015) Gilbert F. Camoin et al.   SEDIMENTOLOGY

Effect of elevated temperature on fecundity and reproductive timing in the coral Acropora digitifera

(2015) Camille W. Paxton et al.   ZYGOTE

Seagrass biofilm communities at a naturally CO2-rich vent

(2015) Christiane Hassenrück et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Projections of climate conditions that increase coral disease susceptibility and pathogen abundance and virulence

(2015) Jeffrey Maynard et al.   Nature Climate Change

Shift from coral to macroalgae dominance on a volcanically acidified reef

(2015) I. C. Enochs et al.   Nature Climate Change

Physiological response to elevated temperature and pCO2 varies across four Pacific coral species: Understanding the unique host+symbiont response

(2015) Kenneth D. Hoadley et al.   Scientific Reports

Water column productivity and temperature predict coral reef regeneration across the Indo-Pacific

(2015) B. Riegl et al.   Scientific Reports

Climate change as an unexpected co-factor promoting coral eating seastar (Acanthaster planci) outbreaks

(2015) S. Uthicke et al.   Scientific Reports

In situ changes of tropical crustose coralline algae along carbon dioxide gradients

(2015) K. E. Fabricius et al.   Scientific Reports

Sedimentation rapidly induces an immune response and depletes energy stores in a hard coral

(2014) C. Sheridan et al.   CORAL REEFS

Synthesis of underreported small-scale fisheries catch in Pacific island waters

(2014) D. Zeller et al.   CORAL REEFS

Context-dependent effects of nutrient loading on the coral–algal mutualism

(2014) Andrew A. Shantz et al.   ECOLOGY

Climate change and air pollution jointly creating nightmare for tourism industry

(2014) Faiza Sajjad et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Incidence of lesions on Fungiidae corals in the eastern Red Sea is related to water temperature and coastal pollution

(2014) K.A. Furby et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features

(2014) Graham J. Edgar et al.   NATURE

A Time-Series View of Changing Ocean Chemistry Due to Ocean Uptake of Anthropogenic CO2 and Ocean Acidification

(2014) Nicholas Bates et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

How will coral reef fish communities respond to climate-driven disturbances? Insight from landscape-scale perturbations

(2014) Thomas C. Adam et al.   OECOLOGIA

Connecting the dots: policy connections between Pacific Island shipping and global CO2and pollutant emission reduction

(2014) Elisabeth Holland et al.   Carbon Management

Recent intense hurricane response to global climate change

(2013) Greg Holland et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Recent sea level trends and accelerations: Comparison of tide gauge and satellite results

(2013) R.G. Dean et al.   COASTAL ENGINEERING

Anthropogenic biogeochemical impacts on coral reefs in the Pacific Islands—An overview

(2013) R.J. Morrison et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Opposite latitudinal gradients in projected ocean acidification and bleaching impacts on coral reefs

(2013) Ruben van Hooidonk et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Life histories predict coral community disassembly under multiple stressors

(2013) Emily S. Darling et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers

(2013) Christian Wild et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Herbivores strongly influence algal recruitment in both coral- and algal-dominated coral reef habitats

(2013) C Doropoulos et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Coral reefs and sea-level change

(2013) Colin D. Woodroffe et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Link between sewage-derived nitrogen pollution and coral disease severity in Guam

(2013) Jamey E. Redding et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Design of Realistic Hybrid Marine Resource Management Programs in Oceania

(2013) Shankar Aswani et al.   PACIFIC SCIENCE

Projected Near-Future Levels of Temperature and pCO2 Reduce Coral Fertilization Success

(2013) Rebecca Albright et al.   PLoS One

Coral Reef Habitat Response to Climate Change Scenarios

(2013) Lauren A. Freeman et al.   PLoS One

Call to protect all coral reefs

(2013) Tom C. L. Bridge et al.   Nature Climate Change

Boring sponges, an increasing threat for coral reefs affected by bleaching events

(2013) José L. Carballo et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Marine protected areas and resilience to sedimentation in the Solomon Islands

(2012) B. S. Halpern et al.   CORAL REEFS

Large-scale stress factors affecting coral reefs: open ocean sea surface temperature and surface seawater aragonite saturation over the next 400 years

(2012) K. J. Meissner et al.   CORAL REEFS

Locally accelerated growth is part of the innate immune response and repair mechanisms in reef-building corals as detected by green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like pigments

(2012) C. D’Angelo et al.   CORAL REEFS

Global coral disease prevalence associated with sea temperature anomalies and local factors

(2012) D Ruiz-Moreno et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Sensitivity of coral calcification to ocean acidification: a meta-analysis

(2012) Neil C. S. Chan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Analysis of Terrestrial Discharge from Agricultural Watersheds and Its Impact on Nearshore and Offshore Reefs in Fiji

(2012) Ankita P. Dadhich et al.   JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH

Small change, big difference: Sea surface temperature distributions for tropical coral reef ecosystems, 1950-2011

(2012) J. M. Lough   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Historical Temperature Variability Affects Coral Response to Heat Stress

(2012) Jessica Carilli et al.   PLoS One

The 27-year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes

(2012) G. De'ath et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nutrient enrichment can increase the susceptibility of reef corals to bleaching

(2012) Jörg Wiedenmann et al.   Nature Climate Change

The representative concentration pathways: an overview

(2011) Detlef P. van Vuuren et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Coral mortality associated with thermal fluctuations in the Phoenix Islands, 2002–2005

(2011) D. Obura et al.   CORAL REEFS

Host tolerance, not symbiont tolerance, determines the distribution of coral species in relation to their environment at a Central Pacific atoll

(2011) L. C. Wicks et al.   CORAL REEFS

On North Pacific circulation and associated marine debris concentration

(2011) Evan A. Howell et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Leadership, social capital and incentives promote successful fisheries

(2011) Nicolás L. Gutiérrez et al.   NATURE

Effects of herbivory, nutrients, and reef protection on algal proliferation and coral growth on a tropical reef

(2011) Douglas B. Rasher et al.   OECOLOGIA

Correction: Seasonal Rainfall and Runoff Promote Coral Disease on an Inshore Reef

(2011) Jessica Haapkylä et al.   PLoS One

Projecting Coral Reef Futures Under Global Warming and Ocean Acidification

(2011) J. M. Pandolfi et al.   SCIENCE

Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations

(2011) Katharina E. Fabricius et al.   Nature Climate Change

Cyclone effects on coral reef habitats in New Caledonia (South Pacific)

(2010) N. Guillemot et al.   CORAL REEFS

Water quality as a regional driver of coral biodiversity and macroalgae on the Great Barrier Reef

(2010) Glenn De'ath et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Assessing estuarine quality under the ecosystem services scope: Ecological and socioeconomic aspects

(2010) Rute Pinto et al.   Ecological Complexity

Meta-analysis reveals negative yet variable effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms

(2010) Kristy J. Kroeker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Primary fisheries management: a minimum requirement for provision of sustainable human benefits in small-scale fisheries

(2010) Kevern L Cochrane et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Response of coral reefs to climate change: Expansion and demise of the southernmost Pacific coral reef

(2010) Colin D. Woodroffe et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: A globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves

(2010) L. J. McCook et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Responding to the challenges of climate change in the Pacific Islands: management and technological imperatives

(2009) PD Nunn   CLIMATE RESEARCH

Phase shifts and the stability of macroalgal communities on Caribbean coral reefs

(2009) Peter J. Mumby   CORAL REEFS

Recurrent disturbances, recovery trajectories, and resilience of coral assemblages on a South Central Pacific reef

(2009) M. Adjeroud et al.   CORAL REEFS

Anthropogenic forcing dominates sea level rise since 1850

(2009) S. Jevrejeva et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Floating marine debris surface drift: Convergence and accumulation toward the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2009) Elodie Martinez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Physical and biogeochemical modulation of ocean acidification in the central North Pacific

(2009) J. E. Dore et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Declining Coral Calcification on the Great Barrier Reef

(2009) G. De'ath et al.   SCIENCE

Shifting dominance among Scarid species on reefs representing a gradient of fishing pressure

(2008) Eric Clua et al.   AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES

Declining coral calcification in massive Porites in two nearshore regions of the northern Great Barrier Reef

(2008) TIMOTHY F. COOPER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Impacts of ocean acidification on marine fauna and ecosystem processes

(2008) V. J. Fabry et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

The increasing intensity of the strongest tropical cyclones

(2008) James B. Elsner et al.   NATURE

Baselines and Degradation of Coral Reefs in the Northern Line Islands

(2008) Stuart A. Sandin et al.   PLoS One

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

(2008) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   SCIENCE